#rip natsu he's forever crusty

[pencilofawesomeness]

Thought of the day

Erza, Natsu, and Gray had not fucking clue what moisturizer was, and were crusty. Until they met Lucy.

Have a nice day.

You're very based for this anon. I think I can take it a step farther, hold on--

Natsu has perpetually dry skin, but not to the point of being crusty or ashy. It's just like leather, thick and resistant. To fire. To moisture. To anything. Lucy thought it was a terrible case of bad skin care but nothing she throws at him puts a dent in it. It's literally like trying to moisturize a lizard. It is Lucy's personal goal to find a combination of products to break through his hide; meanwhile Natsu has no idea why she is so hellbent on it but she's enthusiastic so he lets her do whatever.

Erza tried to have a routine. Keyword: tried. She over-moisturized and at all of the wrong times, and terribly inconsistently. She would grab products based solely on smell and picture and not pay any attention beyond that. It wasn't until Lucy came along that she learned how to use any of it, and when Lucy managed to find a scrub that softened Erza's callouses, she was like a child in a candy store at the possibility. Lucy is Erza's beauty-product senpai now and Lucy greatly enjoys it.

Gray, meanwhile, I think actually did know how to moisturize. He's from a cold region, and having ice magic only makes it worse. Ur might have made them run around in the snow shirtless as kids, but she was still a mom and she made sure both Gray and Lyon knew how to take care of themselves. He never did anything fancy with it though, but he and Lucy unexpectedly bond over it while the team was out on a job, so Lucy foists her favorites on him later and he takes to that instead.